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Engaging Partners: Arab Peninsula Regional Group

WDL 2012 Partners MeetingWorld Digital Library

Washington, D.C.Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Mark Paul,Head, Partnerships Qatar National Library Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar


• Supporting Qatar: from a carbon economy to a knowledge

economy a cradle of innovation, based in the

Middle East, but global in scope and impact

a creator of knowledge

• Qatar National Vision 2030 (July 2008): use resources to create knowledge

economy development of human capitol as

priority for next 20 years gave Qatar Foundation exciting

mandate to be the ‘engine’ driving the development of human capital

Qatar Foundation• Unlocking Human Potential

through: Education Science & Research Community Development

• Benefitting: Qatar Region Partners World


• Supporting Qatar: from a carbon economy to a knowledge

economy a cradle of innovation, based in the

Middle East, but global in scope and impact

a creator of knowledge

• Qatar National Vision 2030 (July 2008): use resources to create knowledge

economy development of human capitol as

priority for next 20 years gave Qatar Foundation exciting

mandate to be the ‘engine’ driving the development of human capital

Qatar Foundation• Unlocking Human Potential

through: Education Science & Research Community Development

• Benefitting: Qatar Region Partners World

http://www.qf.org.qa


• Official Announcement of the new Qatar National Library, November 19th, 2012

• Supports Qatar Foundation’s Goals through: Research Education/Instruction Community Activities

• Serving as: National Library Public Library Academic Library

Qatar National Library


• Official Announcement of the new Qatar National Library, November 19th, 2012

• Supports Qatar Foundation’s Goals through: Research Education/Instruction Community Activities

• Serving as: National Library Public Library Academic Library

Qatar National Library

http://www.qnl.qa


• First meeting held December 2010 in Doha at QF Born from idea of Carolyn Young, the Head of the WDL Office in

the QF Central Library A meeting was convened of WDL members from Arab countries in

Washington at the WDL Charter meeting in June 2010 Idea to foster cooperation on WDL among Arab country members Primarily directors and other administrators attended from WDL

members and prospective members WDL staff present to deliver key information and training One important focus was on opportunities for capacity building in

digital conversion and technical assistance Three new Arab countries joined WDL as a result

Arab Peninsula Regional Group


Arab Peninsula Regional Group• First meeting held December 2010 in Doha at QF

Born from idea of Carolyn Young, the Head of the WDL Office in the QF Central Library

A meeting was convened of WDL members from Arab countries in Washington at the WDL Charter meeting in June 2010

Idea to foster cooperation on WDL among Arab country members Primarily directors and other administrators attended from WDL

members and prospective members WDL staff present to deliver key information and training One important focus was on opportunities for capacity building in

digital conversion and technical assistance Three new Arab countries joined WDL as a result


• Second meeting held February 2012 in Doha at QF Dissemination of information and training More technicians attended by means of nominations WDL staff present to provide training 20 participants representing 10 institutions

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• Third meeting planned for April 2013 in Doha Entire meeting will be a hands-on training workshop Participants will be encouraged to bring an item(s) to work on

during the workshop Those unable to bring items will be provided items for use in the

workshop Participants will be divided into groups with sessions repeating at

cross-posted times so all participants can attend all sessions



• Second meeting held February 2012 in Doha at QF Dissemination of information and training More technicians attended by means of nominations WDL staff present to provide training 20 participants representing 10 institutions

kk

• Third meeting planned for April 2013 in Doha Entire meeting will be a hands-on training workshop Participants will be encouraged to bring an item(s) to work on

during the workshop. Those unable to bring items will be provided items for use in the

workshop Participants will be divided into groups with sessions repeating at

cross-posted times so all participants can attend all sessions.



• Members: There are no fees to be a member Participation is voluntary Currently there are 10 institutions represented One institution is in the process of joining WDL and have

requested support from the QNL All are welcome, though focus is on the Gulf region for now

Group Members


• Efforts to increase capacity within Arab countries Identify location with both high level content and high level need

for a digital conversion center Working with the WDL the goal will be to fund one new digital

conversion center in the region Continue workshops for Arab Peninsula Regional Group Investigate individualized training needs of regional members Support one personalized on-site WDL training for regional

member Increase documentation, training materials, etc., in Arabic

Capacity Building


• Arabic Content: 2012 to-date saw WDL content in Arabic increase by 175 items 2012 to-date saw WDL content on Arab or Islamic Science increase

by 79 items (59 of which were in Arabic)

• User Engagement: Publicity/PR/Sharing Value added materials (students, teachers) Content, content, content

Content and User Engagement


• Arabic ranks third on the WDL site for items cataloged by language (behind Spanish and English)

• Use of Arabic interface doubled for 2012 to-date over 2011 with a total of 124,293 visits and 643,983 page views

• Saudi Arabia was the higher user of the Arabic interface• The United States was about in the middle of user counts of the

Arabic interface• Of the 79 items added in 2012 to-date on Arab or Islamic

Science 16 were in Latin, 2 in Persian, and 2 in Ottoman Turkish and the remainder in Arabic

Arabic Statistics


Top Countries by Visitor:


Next Steps in the Arab Peninsula

• Encourage regional cultural heritage libraries to join WDL

• Increase Arab sourced content on WDL

• Focus on practical ways to build capacity for digital conversion

in developing countries in our region

• Promote WDL usage to Arab users in libraries, schools,

universities, etc.

• Develop a wider community of WDL members in the region to

support development of Arab content and interfaces.

• Increase use of social media


Next Steps For You?• How can you increase overall WDL content?

• How can you positively impact capacity building in your state,

county, district, country, region?

Do you work with or liaise with any library, university, cultural

center, museum, etc., that has Arabic content? Let them know about the WDL.

Let them know about the Arab Peninsula Regional Group.

Let them know about the Qatar National Library and share with them

my contact information


Thank You!

Mark Paul [email protected]

Questions?

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